Monthly Archives: October 2020

People over Power: 権力に人々勝利

  The Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty will come into force on January 22, 2021 with the 50th country ratifying it on October 24. This is an epoch-making event, a mass movement of people over power. ICAN, with its several hundred … Continue reading

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Supreme Self, Dynamic Dharma:至上自己、動的法

  The baby Buddha, one hand pointing to heaven and the other to earth, bathed to celebrate his birth, is said to have declared, “Between heaven and earth I only am honored.” This phrase derived from the Buddha Vipassi (Vipaśyn), … Continue reading

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Global Problems, Prognosis, Practice: 地球問題・処方・実践

  I watched the NHK BS1 Special “SOS from Lebanon ~ Syrian Refugees Cornered by Corona Disaster” on Oct. 10. There were many miserable stories, unwatchable, with tears. The refugees, who had already been living on under $3 a day … Continue reading

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Universal Eternal Dharma:普遍的永遠なる法

  I informed our listserv of the renowned, full, mid-autumn supermoon. Seeing the full moon, Dogen made the following poem thirteen days before he took parinirvana, complete peace, in 1253 C.E.:             Even in the … Continue reading

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